Colin Ramsden in Oz

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.

Don't give them one.

Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

It doesn’t matter to Trump that Pete Hegseth endangered U.S. armed forces by sharing attack plans with his wife, his brother and a journalist.
It matters to Trump that Hegseth is willing to order American troops to attack American civilians. That’s why Hegseth is there.

I can’t recommend this enough.

UNBREAKING, a new project from @lizneeley.bsky.social & co, documents & explains our many concurrent institutional collapses.

It’s beautifully executed work, full of intellectual & moral clarity. 3 pages are live, more will come. It’s SO GOOD, & I learned so much.

'People are eating weeds': Israel's new Gaza offensive intensifies humanitarian disaster ***

'People Are Eating Weeds': Israel's New Gaza Offensive Intensifies Humanitarian Disaster

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

And Trump’s tariff effects start now.

I’m shocked to hear that the guy who swam in rock creek park in jeans is lying.

Most Americans Want Qatar To Use Plane To Abduct Trump And Fly Him Away From The US And this week's other graffiti news headlines!

open.substack.com/pub/thehalfw...

Believe their actions, not their words, liars cheats and thieves.

What’s not to like?

Putin is too much of a coward to meet face to face with Zelensky to talk peace, so he will instead send thousands more of his country’s young men to die for absolutely no reason, and Trump will continue to lie and tell us how much warmonger mass-murderer Putin really wants peace.

LNP to cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office, breaking election promise EDO boss says Crisafulli government decision means many ‘won’t even know their rights, let alone have the chance to exercise them’

#LNP prove they can’t be trusted once again - breaking election promises almost as soon as they’re elected!
Why would one choose to vote for these duplicitous scumbags!
#qldpol
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

the greatest definition of them all.

Under Trump, EPA says proven carcinogenic chemicals in the water table is acceptable practice?
Trump doesn’t drink the local poisoned water.

We spend $800 billion a year on our military yet our greatest enemy lives in the White House and we fly him to his own golf course for play dates on the weekend.

We also fly him abroad to facilitate his emoluments violations while we fly others to concentration camps.

#RemoveTrump

Trump has ZERO effect on Putin, not even able to bring him to negotiations.

It’s important to highlight that drug OD fell under Biden, b4 TRUMP.

Trump bribery and corruption in plain sight!

Show Trump for what he does, ignore everything he says.

Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.

Wow. I wonder who caused this, John Roberts. We all want to know who did this, John Roberts. Whoever did this should take responsibility, don’t you think so John Roberts?

www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle East | CNN US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head.

Trump called the new Syrian President a "young, attractive, tough guy" with a "very strong past". That past was KILLING US troops, civilians, women, and children. He was in Al-qaeda. We put a $10M bounty on his head.

www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/m...

Complex count scenarios explained Complex count scenarios explained

www.aec.gov.au/voting/count... #Auspol For those interested In Goldstein and other close results.

Scientists have been publishing climate models since ~1970.

A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.

It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:

Australian GREENS elect their new leadership after their previous leader Bandt got unelected, losing his seat in parliament and the party leadership.

👏